Support Local Artisans by Visiting These Four Salt Lake City Shops

Support Local Artisans by Visiting These Four Salt Lake City Shops

At Salt & Honey’s 9th and 9th location, the second floor periodically opens up to even more vendors through themed markets like Back-To-School and Christmas. “We have shoppers who come back year after year and purchase their entire Christmas gift list with us,” Collett says. “It’s so impactful to the vendors and the local economy.”

Collett and Choules-Paul are especially conscientious of curating products made by women, BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ individuals. Through products ranging from stationery and candles to handmade clothes and accessories, each artisan tells their own story. “We believe art is the sweet and savory (hence “Salt & Honey”) part of our lives,” Collett says. “Everyone needs creativity to thrive … We are proud to be a part of the revolution of ‘making art that sells.'"

Park Theater Foundation announces eclectic lineup for 2021-22 season

GLENS FALLS — Beginning in September, the Park Theater Foundation will present its flagship series, “The Park Presents,” featuring an lineup of national and international touring musicians from genres including folk, Americana, zydeco, jazz and classical.

This season will feature The Gibson Brothers, The Villalobos Brothers, The Small Glories, Ariel Posen and The Jason Anick Acoustic Trio.

“We have been hard at work on this schedule and are beyond excited to welcome live music back to our stage and guests to our seats,” Executive Director Chris Ristau said in a news release.

In addition, the 2021-22 season will feature a variety of other programs including “Tribute Band Rewind,” “Live & Local,” “Comedy After Dark” and “Third Thursday Jazz.”

Tickets for the new season go on sale Friday.

Eclectic Dutch firm Mecanoo wins European Prize for Architecture

Netherlands-based firm Mecanoo has been declared the winner of this year’s European Prize for Architecture. Now in its 11th year, the award celebrates the achievements of the finest European architects.

The annual European Prize for Architecture was established by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. Previous winners read like a who’s who of European architectural talent and include BIG, Santiago Calatrava, and Graft Architects.

“As one of Europe’s most creative and cutting-edge offices, Mecanoo has shaped unique solutions for each varying situation, in which the disciplines of architecture, urban planning, landscape and interior combine in a non-traditional way,” says Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, Museum President, The Chicago Athenaeum. “Over the years, they have learned that functions inevitably change, requiring an amazing amount of creative flexibility and acute aesthetic dexterity in order to create buildings that are prepared for (un)predictable change.”

We’ve selected a few of our favorite projects by the firm below that highlight the sheer variety of its output, from public library to plush private home.

The LocHal Library includes moving tables that are based on old train chassis Mecanoo

The Netherlands' LocHal Public Library, which was created in collaboration with Civic Architects, Arup, and more, won Mecanoo the prestigious World Building of the Year prize in 2019 for its repurposing of an old railway storage shed into a community library. Rather than hide its past, the superb project embraces it, incorporating old train tracks and even a disused train chassis to lend it a unique feel.

As the name might suggest, the Glass Villa on the lake is big on transparency mariashot.photo

While perhaps not the most privacy focused home around, the open design of the Glass Villa on the lake in the UK does have its benefits: it was designed to give residents the impression of floating on the water and ensures the interior is filled with natural light. It’s relatively energy efficient too, and includes a heat pump, heat recovery systems and triple glazed glass, as well as solar panels, which reduce its draw on the grid.

The National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts in Taiwan houses a huge public plaza under its undulating roof Iwan Baan/National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)

The National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts in Taiwan is a huge arts center that references the local landscape with its undulating roof. Built on former military land, the facility sits alongside subtropical parklands and is inspired by Banyan trees, a species typical in the area. The building’s cavernous interior is host to multiple performance spaces.

Source: Mecanoo